Example of personal and dependent exemptions. For a married couple with three children, the total exemption deduction for 2014 is $19,750 ($3,950 x 5). If the marginal income tax rate for this family is 25 percent, the five exemptions save $4,875 in taxes. Deduction for college tuition expenses. 2  This deduction is available to you regardless of whether you itemize your deductions. 3  The maximum deduction is $4,000. 4  The maximum deduction drops to $2,000 and then disappears completely as income rises.
A mezuzah (Hebrew: ×Ö°××Ö¼×Ö¸× â doorpost; plural: ×Ö°××Ö¼××Ö¹×ª mezuzot) is a piece of parchment (often contained in a decorative case) inscribed with specified Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21).ezuzah affixed to a door frame on South Street in Philadelphia. Where the doorway is wide enough, Ashkenazi Jews tilt the mezuzah so that the top slants toward the room into which the door opens.
Inside each mezuzah is a little parchment scroll with the words of part of the Shema written on it in tiny Hebrew writing. They must be written by hand. In the Shema it says âWrite them on the doorposts of your homeâ. (âThemâ means the words of Torah). This is why Jewish people put mezuzot on their doorframes.The mezuzah is fixed to the doorframe on the right hand side as you go into the house or room.ezuzot, Tallitot & Tefillin M Freedman 2001 Mezuzah The first thing that a Jewish family will do when they move into a new home is to put up their mezuzot. A mezuzah is a small box or tube that is fixed to the doorframe of each door in the house. Mezuzot can be all sorts of shapes, sizes or materials.